Sources of Symbols

Christian

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Christianity is central to the traditional Western world view, so a huge
chunk of our symbolic vocabulary is based on Christian imagery. In fact, once
you start researching it, it looks like just about every object imaginable has
some sort of Christian symbolism. Like frogs. In cemeteries, a frog symbolizes
resurrection. In medieval art, it would indicate the sin of lust. Now, the
lady in the next cubicle tells me that her stuffed frog stands for "Fully
Rely On God."

Or we can go at it from the other direction and Google the phrase "symbolizes
resurrection". The results? In addition to frogs, it would appear that a
vine, a butterfly, baptism, a shell, a torch, wheat and, of course, the cross
also symbolize resurrection.

So, with apologies to the heathens among us, it will be difficult to create
an iconic language based on Western symbols that is free of imbedded
Christianity. On the other hand, we should note that just because a word has an
etymology rooted in Christian symbolism, this isn't necessarily a ringing
endorsement for the faith: